The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-06

ending Aug 1. 1897 the sales of local tickets
reached $685. 90; Ct coupon tickets. SIT. 537 rs;
total. s24. 123. 73 The increase is $l3. 844 SO.
The g., l., ST L. e. C. announce that they
have resumed the selling of 1000 mile tickets at
$50, the other roads not having. acted in good
faith in the agreement to make go the rate on
1000 mile tickets
Amos White brakeman on the Beeline was
crushed to death yesterday between two cars
when doing some switching at Muncie Ind The
deceased had been employed the road some
years, and was faithful and excellent man.
Within the last fifteen days seven miles of new
steel rail, weighing sixty pounds to the yard.
have been placed in the track of the L.. N A. 81
c. road between Monon and Chicago. and ten
miles additional will be distributed this week
The management of the indianapolis car
works propose to turn out 400 new box cars this
month. in addition TO the repair work which
they have on hand. Three hundred aud seventy
six the largest number which has been built
in any one month.
Austin Corbn. president of the L, B. & W.,
is expected West this week to inspect the prop
erty. 1t is now some fifteen months since he
has been over the road and large sums of money
have since been expended in improving the road
bed and equipments.
The officials of the c., L St L. & C. road
state that Elevator Big Four at Cincinnati, is
way. All their local cars which run into Gin
cinnati loaded with grain promptly I'M
loaded. thus keeping them constantly in
service.
complaining good deal over the present time
card over the l.. p. g. c., division. AS trains
are now run, there are several points in the
State which cannot be reached and returned
from the same day, which not the case when
the Wabash people ran the road.
In train No. z. which is making SO many fast
runs between Pittsburg and St Louis the
Pennsylvania and Vandalia, usually four ex-
press cars. two coming from New York, one
from philadelphia and one from Baltimore are
hauled. and three white mail cars. Only occa-
sionally is belated sleeping coach attached to
this train.
A well-posted freight man says that freight
traffic is 20 be good for weeks to come He SAYS
while earnings the last sixty days have been in
excess of the corresponding period last year, so
has yet to forward, and with the other
freights in sight traffic can but be heavy we'll in
to the winter
new combination steel and iron bridge. 16O
feet long. will be completed to day on the c., l..
ST L. q q. road near Thorntown. leaving but
two bridges on the Big Four road of any i'm
portance constructed of wood These will be
replaced with fine ombination iron and steel
bridges within the next thirty days, although
com paratively new Howe truss bridges.
Were Superintendent Mansfield of the In
dlanapolis & Vincennes road. to attach one or
Two extra coaches to the train south Saturday
evening and then to the train coming north on
Monday morning it would be greatly appreciated
hauled but part way it would be great con-
venience Yesterday morning sixty eight pass
engers were obliged to stand up from Moores-
vile In. so crowded were the coaches and fully
as many were unable to obtain seats on the train
south bound on last Saturday night.